obligatory kid pics

SKUNKED!

Meet Squats

She joined us on Monday after a long wait. Hannah booted her from campus and made students take her to the shelter. When we decided to adopt her (read - when she told Dale about it), we had to wait about three weeks because she got kennel cough at the shelter! She's here now and quite happy in the basement.... away from the dogs.

crying it out

so parker has been fighting sleep lately. super-tired, but not wanting to be put down to sleep. tonight we let her cry it out for the first time. it took about 40 minutes, but she finally went to sleep. we know we're doing the right thing, but of course we feel like crap. i suppose we should get used to it.

chatterbox

Parker has become a totally chatty kid. Blah blah blah blah all day long. If she were a co-worker she would be very annoying, but she's a cute kid, so we love it. In the past few days we swear we've heard a couple "mamas." Now that she has the basics down, we're working on more sophisticated sounds, like "socialized medicine," "living wage" and "down with patriarchy!" She'll have it down in no time.

new family member!

meet coco. our newest addition. isn't he cute? parker's already pulled his hair.

here we go

So we're venturing into blog nation. Maybe it's easier than sending out links every time we have news or pictures of Parker to share. We'll see if we can keep up with it.

You may know that Parker is 5 months now! She's doing lots of great things - like squealing with joy regularly, rolling over, grabbing everything she can, and eating solid foods! We're having the time of our lives. Every night we're just amazed at how much better she gets every day. We're very lucky parents!